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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Saturday, November 21, 2009

It's been SO LONG since Halloween, and Thanksgiving isn't 'til Thursday, so what's a bakery to do?

Invent a holiday that goes in-between, of course! So...

Merry Hallowgiving!

Yep, for this fun holiday, vampire pilgrims will chase you through jellyfish graveyards and attempt to force-feed you turkey.*

And after THAT, we'll have Thankmas:

...during which we'll all desperately try to avoid actually using the term "Thankmas" for fear of offending someone, and poo tornadoes will emblazon every hearth. Aww. Don't you just lovethe holidayswinter?

Kate F., & Nikki B., I think "winter, underlined" is going to be my holiday greeting of choice this year. Care to start a trend with me?

*For some reason I initially had "turkey" capitalized. When I proof-read it later, I wondered why (not to mention how) a zombie pilgrim would try to force-feed someone a Mediterranean country. Which made me snort. Loudly. I even considered leaving it. But we all know what would happen then, right? EPCOT. Yeeeah.

I saw slugs (I did grow up in the Pacific NW) where you saw tornadoes, but we absolutely agree on the poo! Took a long moment to realize they were cleverly disguised cornucopias - the trail of brightly covered droppings gave it away, eventually...

My sweet hubby bought me your book, Jen, while at the SeaTac airport. He called and said, "Did you know your favorite cake lady's site has a book?" "Yes," I said, "and you can get it for me for Christmas."

I thought the poo tornadoes looked more like giant ugly caterpillars, like that big thing in Alice in Wonderland. Ewwwwww.

And I hate to tell you this Jen, but "winter" is so very Northern-Hemisphere-centric of you. Do you think no one lives south of the equator? It's almost summer there. They may feel very slighted. I think you're going to have to come up with something else. "December, underlined" perhaps?

Okay, the wrecks are bad enough, but I think "cornucoprolites" is my new favourite word... :-) The vampires just need to stop. All of them. Except maybe Dracula, 'cause he was here first (okay, maybe not FIRST, but you know what I mean... ;-) ).

I love the poop tornado that looks like a hippo at the top of the cw 2 because nothing says have a happy holiday like a hippopotamus-- now if I could just stop humming "I want a hippopotamus for Christmas"

poop tornadoes! that sounds like a disaster film in the making! Cloudy with a chance of poo meatballs, perhaps? If it wasn't for the scanty sprinkles decorating the poo ends, I would never have realized those were supposed to be cornucopias.

Honestly, wreckerators. We don't need cake right now! it's time for PIE!

Next horror film, "Vampire Pilgrims" on the quest for turkey and cranberry sauce. What a whole new connotation for the colonial settlement.

WV: mater. well that's easy. Latin for mother. or misspelled matter. What does it mater if a vampire pilgrim kidnapped Pocahantas?

I spy a hippo (with his own turds), a couple of caterpillars, a possible crocodile (top left) and a walrus (bottom left). or slugs. leeches? feathers. maybe even a braid (middle right. cornucopias? not even close. This could be an all purpose cake from Halloween through the Christmas season, what with the colors and sentiment.

Does that pilgrim have a nose? and why does he look like a conehead in a top hat? I pictured pilgrims to be hairier.

I know, maybe he was the pilgrim community's tax collector! see the symbolic blood sucking fangs?

@Dorci--LOL

WV culer--what could be culer than a bloodsucking pilgrim? besides the flaming turkeys and squirrels of yesteryear?

Happy Poo Tornadoes day everybody! We needed another holiday, Falker Satherhood is so far away! And now I'm going to go round singing "Walking In A Winter Underlined" for the next few days. Even though it's Summer here.

what i would really like to do is ask for the people who ordered both of those cakes what they were possibly thinking. like, gravy dripping from fangs? and why is his face yellow? is he having food poisoning? poo tornadoes {snicker}

If you're desperate for a post Halloween holiday, what better than Hallowmas, the day after Hallowmas?

Lest the rest of us not forget Festivus, where you set up a bare aluminum pole (nevermind the distracting tinsel,) air grievances at relatives, give cards to "the Human Fund," and have a Feats of Strength wrestling match to end the day.

Lol at the "Turkey" edit. I found it especially funny because I moved to Turkey 5 months ago.

People are always so shocked when I tell them you can't find turkeys in Turkey. Like, SHOCKED. Did people really believe the two had anything to do with each other? They probably also believe that all the people in Hungry are starving.

Turkeys are native to North America and aren't common in Europe and Asia, so I will be making roast chicken for this year's holiday. Not the same, but still delicious!

at least the Hallowgiving cake recognizes Thanksgiving, rather than some certain theme parks (one of which may or may not be my employer) which start having their Christmas parties the week after the last of the Halloween parties.

Funny story...my family ACTUALLY celebrates Thanksmas every year. Due to snowbird grandparents, we have Thanksgiving on Thursday and Christmas on Friday. It's a GREAT holiday - don't knock it 'til you try it!

OMG!! I am in stitches!! I have spent my day at work thumbing through the cake disasters and bursting out loud with laughter to the bemused looks of my work collegues. I am soooo grateful that you spend the time loading these wrecks onto the site for our amusement it certainly made a dull day a lot brighter.

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